COLOMBO, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, Pablo de Greiff, will pay an official visit to Sri Lanka from Oct. 10 to 23, the UN office in Colombo said in a statement here Monday.
The UN official will be arriving in Sri Lanka to examine the progress made in redressing the legacies of massive past violations and abuses, including those that resulted from a conflict that spanned more than 25 years.
In 2015, the Sri Lankan government committed itself to designing and implementing a comprehensive transitional justice strategy, the UN statement said.
"My visit aims to review the progress made thus far, to identify obstacles and bottlenecks in the implementation of the transitional justice and reform process, and to discuss opportunities with the government and Sri Lankan society to overcome these," de Greiff said.
The human rights expert will meet Sri Lankan government officials at central and provincial levels, representatives of the legislature, members of the judiciary, the armed forces, law enforcement officials, religious leaders, political parties, the Human Rights Commission, civil society, victims' groups, academics and representatives of the international community.
He is scheduled to visit Colombo as well as other locations in the south, centre, north and east of the country.
The final report on the visit will be presented to the Human Rights Council in September 2018.
